Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Kansas

789 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Kansas for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$55,390	410	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$55,000	2,210	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$54,920	310	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$54,890	1,920	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$54,840	920	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$54,830	240	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$54,830	240	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$54,830	240	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$54,640	710	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$54,540	870	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$54,300	3,190	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$54,180	700	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$54,180	700	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$54,180	700	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$54,180	700	View salary detail
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$54,100	—	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$53,680	9,300	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$53,630	1,730	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$53,600	250	View salary detail
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	$53,440	80	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$52,930	110	View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators	$52,870	480	View salary detail
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	$52,430	—	View salary detail
Clergy	$52,130	450	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$52,130	3,610	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$52,030	160	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$52,000	40	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$51,690	380	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$51,630	480	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$51,630	190	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$51,620	7,070	View salary detail
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	$51,540	190	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$51,520	430	View salary detail
Machinists	$51,220	3,870	View salary detail
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$51,160	90	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$51,160	1,140	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$51,160	1,140	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$51,160	1,140	View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,120	130	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$51,060	1,020	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$51,060	1,020	View salary detail
Paramedics	$51,020	1,030	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$50,900	730	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$50,900	70	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,750	1,380	View salary detail
Pourers and Casters, Metal	$50,530	70	View salary detail
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$50,320	320	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$50,290	2,130	View salary detail
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	$50,270	70	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$50,130	100	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.